It may be no surprise that the “mainstream” corporate news media have turned into advertising agencies for US government policy. But it still surprises that what the CIA called a compatible left – those on the left it deemed compatible with maintaining imperialist rule – celebrates another US successful “regime change,” this time, Syria.
Portside ran an article, Liberation in Syria Is a Victory Worth Embracing, which criticized “some self-styled Western ‘anti-imperialists’” for their lack of enthusiasm for the “victory.” While it does note Israel bombed Syria 220 times up to mid-November this past year, one finds no mention of the long US blockade imposed on Syrians.
Counterpunch has been a compatible left website outspoken in its hostility towards those exposing US coup operations in Syria, calling them “campists” and “tankies.”
Meanwhile, the struggle of the Middle East to free itself from US-Israeli domination has suffered a major defeat, on top of that inflicted on Hezbollah and Gaza. The Palestinians’ situation has worsened, Iran is next on the US hit list, and Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua are not far behind. Our active solidarity is needed more than ever.
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